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Gig Economy Offers Financial Advisors A New Type Of Client

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Advisors need to prepare for seeing an increasing number of freelancers as clients.

Parents In College Scandal Make Legal 'Declaration Of War'

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The parents' lawyers are aggressively pushing back on the criminal charges.

Mariner Wealth Sails To Miami For $1.3B AUM Firm

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Mariner makes a big splash in the Sunshine State with its purchase of Singer Xenos Schechter Sosler.

Powell Adopts Inflation Stance Yellen Shunned

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Rate increases are on hold as the Fed focuses on hitting a 2 percent inflation target.

Broadridge To Acquire TD Ameritrade Retirement Plan Custody, Trust Assets

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The purchase will expand Broadbridge's Matrix Financial Solutions platform.

Health Insurance Top List Of Desired Benefits Across Generations

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Study by LIMRA says generational shifts are impacting employee benefits.

CFP Board Offers Advisors Guide For Better Hiring, Employee Retention

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The guide also lays out a model career path that advisors can use for their employees.

Top Insurer Slams 'Medicare For All' Plans Debated By Democrats

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Not only are the proposals unaffordable, they would fail to expand access to health care, the executive said.

Hedge Funds Ponder The Ethics Of Shorting Unethical Companies

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Most ESG strategies focus on going long on companies with strong practices - but why not short the bad actors?

Fed-Induced Angst Disappears As Treasury Yields Fully Rebound

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A rebound in yields indicates that fixed income investors no longer feel that a recession is in the cards.

Big Banks Lean On Main Street For Profit Before Fed's Pause Hits

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Can banks continue to rely on their retail businesses when revenue sinks and the credit cycle turns?

White House Talking To Candidates To Replace Cain, Moore For Fed

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Yet Trump's advisors also signal that they will continue to support his current Federal Reserve nominees.

Securities Industry Lobbyists Geared To Fight N.J. Broker Fiduciary Rule

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The state’s firebrand Bureau of Securities says it owes New Jersey investors a higher standard.

61% Of First-Time Buyers Struggle To Find Affordable Homes

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A U.S. shortage in affordable homes is hitting millennial home buyers hard, according to a LendingTree survey.

Global X Joins Small, Yet Profitable Niche of Cloud-Computing ETFs

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Actually, there’s just one existing cloud-computing ETF, and a new Global X fund hopes to match its success.

FPA Takes Next Step In Revising Reorganization Plan

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Chapters will not be required to become part of a centralized legal organization under plan revisions.

Bulging Stockpiles To Weigh On U.S. Growth Throughout The Year

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Growing inventories suggest that the U.S. economy might be cooling off further in 2019.

BlackRock's Fink Says Market Has Risk Of 'Melt Up' Not Melt Down

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Fink also says that there's more interest right now in fixed income than equities.

Evans Says Fed Rate Cut Could Be Needed If Core Inflation Fell

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The Chicago Fed president believes that interest rates will stay put for at least the next 12 months.

Global Stocks Seen Outperforming U.S. In Any Market Sell-Off

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Morgan Stanley acknowledges that international stocks are likely to outperform U.S. stocks.